Mac 26 Missing from SAIL Magazine article on Pocket Cruisers

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Re: Mac 26 Missing from SAIL Magazine article on Pocket Crui

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rwmiller56 wrote:CITIES & COUNTIES

35100. (c) A city or county may prohibit a width in excess of 96 inches upon highways under its jurisdiction.
Just by way of clarification, the interstate system is not under the jurisdiction of any city or county, AFAIK. It's state, but the strong arm of big federal dollars and interstate commerce laws can influence mighty heavily, and for commercial traffic, federal rules apply. The upshot being, if you're just passin' by, on the interstate, stopping at rest stops for gas, or within whatever radius the state allows from the exits for hotel stays or whatever, the locals don't technically have anything to say about it. Technically. :|

But I wouldn't push my luck, either. Best to educate one's self as to state and local rules if planning on going far off the highway. And to know what parts of the highway have 102" prohibitions (signs with green circle/slash over the

I wish I could find something definitive about non-commercial traffic, as the only written-in-stone regulations I've found apply to commercial (truck and passenger bus) vehicles. Anything else is cited by organizations like AAA/CAA, RV forums, etc., but I'll keep looking.
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Re: Mac 26 Missing from SAIL Magazine article on Pocket Crui

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For more clarification, the military office (Army I think) of MTMTS (military traffic management and terminal services) is the final authority on the interstates. :P The interstates were built for effective troop movement (same in most other countries). 8)
tkanzler wrote:
rwmiller56 wrote:CITIES & COUNTIES

35100. (c) A city or county may prohibit a width in excess of 96 inches upon highways under its jurisdiction.
Just by way of clarification, the interstate system is not under the jurisdiction of any city or county, AFAIK. It's state, but the strong arm of big federal dollars and interstate commerce laws can influence mighty heavily, and for commercial traffic, federal rules apply. The upshot being, if you're just passin' by, on the interstate, stopping at rest stops for gas, or within whatever radius the state allows from the exits for hotel stays or whatever, the locals don't technically have anything to say about it. Technically. :|

But I wouldn't push my luck, either. Best to educate one's self as to state and local rules if planning on going far off the highway. And to know what parts of the highway have 102" prohibitions (signs with green circle/slash over the

I wish I could find something definitive about non-commercial traffic, as the only written-in-stone regulations I've found apply to commercial (truck and passenger bus) vehicles. Anything else is cited by organizations like AAA/CAA, RV forums, etc., but I'll keep looking.
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